Smell - Light to medium caramel malt and citrusy hops. Not as hoppy as many APAs but strikes an appetizing balance.

Taste - Hops are more prominent than suggested by the aroma. Malt is light, sweet and bready. Hops are pronounced - getting kind of a mix of grassy and citrus. Even so, the hops in this one aren't as overpowering as some APAs. Though a little different from the aroma, the taste of this beer strikes a nice, if hoppy, balance. Quaffable.

Mouthfeel - Medium to full. Smooth finish.

Drinkability - One of my favorite breweries. Not one of my favorite styles. Still, I was intrigued enough to take home a full growler. (722 characters)

Poured this 12 oz. brown bottle into a Sam Adams glass. No date on the bottle but the 12 pack case said it was packaged in March 2010. The body was a clear golden with a modest white head. Minimal lacing.

Smell was grain and pancake batter. Leafy hops. Unusual but nice.

Taste was of honey biscuits but finished with a slow building bitterness. Well balanced APA, with bready malts and earthy bitterness. Hay notes. Some dryness. Solid.

Mouthfeel had a coarse/husky texture that I love. Medium bodied. Easy to drink with enough flavor to keep you interested. (561 characters)

A- Pours a slightly hazy copper-amber color. One finger head with decent retention but not much lacing.

S- Citrus hops with a solid foundation of floral-earthiness. Not over-aromatic, almost seems slightly muted.

T- Light bitterness but this is balanced instantly by the malts. More citrus here than in the nose with hints of grapefruit, tangerine. The malts produce a biscuit flavor and are slightly sweet. There is a muted flavor in the background that I can't put my finger on but creates a pretty unique (in a good way) taste. Overall, pretty delicious.

M- Medium-light body with perky carbonation

D- I enjoyed this beer very much, not perfect, but good overall. (713 characters)

Pours a clear light tan with bright bubbles with some stickage. Fresh, grassy scent. Mostly 2-row malt which gives it a crisp aroma. With the taste it delivers light, fresh grain (2-row) with a light hop bitterness backing it up. A very delicate pale ale, and one that I could see being very easily sessioned. (343 characters)

A: Pours an average amber with decent visibility. About a finger worth of white head with decent retention and some lacing.

S: a bit of citrus hops with more leaning to the floral and grassy side. Plenty of malts to balance.

T/M: Light bitterness. Plenty of malts to balance out as it should. Hops have a bit more citrus than the nose but still plenty of earthy and grassy notes. Malts are lightly sweet with some toasted biscuit character. Body is about medium with moderate carbonation.

Nice head yellowish orange. Reminds me of the color of Homers' beer on the simpsons. Smells very nice sharp hop smell. Taste is great, smooth with a citrus hop bite. I have had almost all of tyranenas beers and I have to say this is the best of the bunch. Very nice pale ale. More! More! Consume!!! (303 characters)

T: Taste is great at the beginning with plentiful tropical citrus fruits. Tangerine, orange, and some sort of fruitiness I can't put my finger on. The beer ends with a grapefruity bitterness. The bitterness trends to lemon rind and is a bit too astringent for me. Leaves a taste like biting into a lemon rind in the back of your throat. Not terrible, but not what I was expecting. The malts are faintly present, with more of that pilsner-esque malty flavor. Not a lot of caramel malt character here.

M: Delightfully light bodied with crisp carbonation. Tickles the tongue with the bubbles.

D: This is an above average pale ale. Definitely not stellar in my book. Maybe it was the bottle I had, but I really was put off by the astringent bitterness in the end. I'll give it another chance on tap sometime. (1,107 characters)

A= pours a light honey color. A little yellow and a little orange. The head is pretty much nonexistant though which is dissapointing.S= some grapefruity hops smells like cascades??? There's a little pale malt presence as well.T= very smooth with a touch of pale malt sweetness balanced by a touch of hop bitterness and some citrus grapefruit flavors. Very well balances and delicious. What more could you want from an APA. Fits the style to a tee without overhopping or over malting.M= great crisp and refreshingD= awesome. A very well balanced beer tats just soo smooth and refreshing its silly. (600 characters)

A: Amber in color. Slight haze. Two fingers of bubbly head. No lacing.

S: Faint. Biscuity malts and herbal hops, but nothing too desrcript.

T: Taste matches the aroma. Underwhelming, one dimensional biscuit flavored maltiness with a faint citrus bitterness. Not much going on here.

M: Light-medium in body with medium carbonation. Clean.

D: Sure, why not? This is just a very simple, albeit, well balanced, beer. Hard not to find drinkable, but, likewise, difficult to find anything unique or characteristic about this one that would warrant me buying it again. (567 characters)

I should preface by saying I am not a big hops fan, hence pale ale fan. Nonetheless, this is one of my favorite pale ales. Appearance is a cloudy golen color. Taste is hoppy, but not overpowering. Drinkability is avearge for me. (291 characters)

Kind BA sent me yet another gem from up north that I would not have otherwise gotten a chance to try. This one served cold, and poured into a pint glass, was the first thing to greet me when I got home tonight. Consumed 12/15/2008.

The pour was decent, light amber color with a moderate level of haze to it. Soft white head formed on top to a height of around an inch while settling down quickly, it left a tiny bit of lace on the sides.

The aroma was nice, light grain and a touch of hops. Small touches of bready malts and a light lemon like zest as it warmed. Meanwhile as we went in for a taste, lovely light flavors then ensued. Nice touches of light bread, citrus hops and a light pine flavor all combined in a very bright pale ale flavor. Smooth, and very sessionable, this was the kind of light ale that I can really dig into.

Overall I am very glad I tried this one, I normally would not have gotten around to it, but this was outstanding. A nice sessionable ale. (975 characters)

A: The pale ale is an burnt amber color, more orange than brown with a brilliance that is most evident at the edges of the glass. A 2 plus finger head was fast to dissapate but did leave some patches around the glass.

S: The nose is grainy, biscuit malts, with a citrus hop presence. The hops are stronger than I expected (I don't know how old the bottle is, but based on the hops it is pretty young).

T: Again, a strong hop profile greeted me. The citrus fruits from the nose continues, as does a grassy herbal flavor. The malt backbone is stronger than in the nose. More caramel greeted me, bready enough to stand up to the hops. Grassy bitterness is the finish.

M: The pale ale is definitely full of flavor, not content to be too malty. I like the hoppiness that refuses to leave the aftertaste.

D: I'd be content to make my way through a six pack. A pale ale with more hop strength than I would have expected. (958 characters)

Pours a golden yellow color, nice carbonation, nice little fizzy white head, which leaves some nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, with some hops. The taste is hoppy, with some malts. Medium body. Drinkable, this is a nice one from Tyranena, recommended. (309 characters)